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BURBANK, Calif., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Swinging into theaters April 20 with a $10.6 million opening-weekend performance, "Chimpanzee" proved so popular among audiences that Disneynature is extending the "See 'Chimpanzee,' Save Chimpanzees" conservation initiative for a second week. For every moviegoer who sees "Chimpanzee" through May 3, 2012, Disneynature will make a donation to the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) through the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund to protect...

BOSTON, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bioethics of Great Ape Well-Being: Psychiatric Injury and Duty of Care, recently published in the Animals & Society Institute's (ASI) Public Policy series, asserts that historically and to date the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and research facilities have failed in their legal duty to protect captive great apes by not preventing foreseeable trauma of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress...

How influential are mass media portrayals of chimpanzees in television, movies, advertisements and greeting cards on public perceptions of this endangered species? That is what researchers based at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo sought to uncover in a new nationwide study published in PLoS ONE, an open-access scientific journal. Their findings reveal the potential role that media plays in creating widespread misunderstandings about the conservation status and nature of this great ape.Study...

U.S. lawmakers proposed bills on Wednesday that would ban medical researchers from using chimpanzees in the U.S."Scientists worldwide have halted chimpanzee experiments, because these intelligent creatures suffer immensely and are poor models for researching human diseases," Elizabeth Kucinich, director of government affairs for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, said in a statement. Her research ethics group has campaigned for the bills now being pushed in the...

With local and in country Japanese voice talents, JBI Studios announces 30 professional native speakers for the specific needs of every client's project. (Vocus/PRWEB) February 16, 2011 Japanese voice over services are prepared in our facilities which are specifically engineered for optimal voice recording and equipped with Pro Tools and state-of-the-art hardware operated by veteran audio engineers. With their new addition of Japanese voice actors, JBI Studios provides global clients...

Alexander Interactive, a leading e-commerce strategy, design and development agency, today announced it has launched AiSearch, a new search engine designed to help e-commerce companies better manage search results and boost online sales. AiSearch is the latest in Ai's growing line of advanced web solutions, placing the agency at the forefront of the interactive industry. Ai: Interactive, Innovative E-commerce providers typically rely on software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors for search...

During an upcoming episode of Britain's "˜Extraordinary Animals" program, viewers will be able to see an ape defeat 2004 World Memory Championship winner Ben Pridmore.Ayumu, a seven-year-old male chimp raised in captivity in Japan, did three times as well as Mr. Pridmore at a computer game which involved remembering the position of numbers on a screen.It's a significant accomplishment, considering Mr. Pridmore, a 30-year-old accountant, is capable of memorizing the order of a shuffled pack...

(Please read in 2nd para ...to set up a clash... instead of ...to set up a fourth-round clash... ) A corrected repetition follows. By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - One year after representing Iran at the Muslim Olympics, French qualifier Aravane Rezai reached the third round of the French Open on Wednesday. The 19-year-old defeated 22nd seed Ai Sygiyama of Japan 4-6 6-4 6-3 to set up a clash with either Czech Nicole Vaidisova or Chinese Tiantian Sun. Rezai, who is coached by her...

By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - One year after representing Iran at the Muslim Olympics, French qualifier Aravane Rezai reached the third round of the French Open on Wednesday. The 19-year-old defeated 22nd seed Ai Sygiyama of Japan 4-6 6-4 6-3 to set up a clash with either Czech Nicole Vaidisova or Chinese Tiantian Sun. Rezai, who is coached by her father Arsalan, told a news conference she was still a good Muslim even through she did not pray every day. "He's been a tough coach...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ohio State University said on Tuesday it was closing its chimpanzee research program and sending its remaining nine chimps to a refuge where they will no longer be used for research.The university said it was following the lead of other institutions that have scaled back research using chimpanzees, the closest genetic relative of human beings."While we are rightfully proud of the outstanding research that has evolved from Ohio State's primate cognition project in...